Pak Se-ri captures first title of 2002
Written: 2002-04-08 00:00:00 / Updated: 0000-00-00 00:00:00
Korean golf star Pak Se-ri landed her first title of the 2002 season Monday Korean time by edging out Sweden's Annika Sorenstam at the Office Depot Championship Hosted by Amy Alcott. Pak, who started the day three strokes up on defending champion Sorenstam, carded a one over par 73 in the final round for a combined 7 under par 209. Sorenstam fired a one under par 71 for a three-round combined total of 210. The victory, her 14th since joining the LPGA Tour in 1998, was Pak's first since capturing the AFLAC Champions tournament last September and nets the 26 year old 150,000. dollars. In a final round that included three birdies and four bogeys, Pak looked as if she might throw away her lead at the par 5 17th ...where she dropped a stroke with a bogey 6. Also on 17, Sorenstam had the chance to go joint top of the leaderboard with a putt for eagle but had to settle for birdie and a two-shot swing. Both Pak and Sorenstam recorded pars on the 18th giving the South Korean first title of the year.
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